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Teamwork in
interaction with others

Teamwork is often talked about, but not enough practiced
discipline in the business world, as well as other areas of
life. It consists of simple principles, but not always easy
to integrate into one's behavior.

As this old Mexican proverb states, it is not really about
knowing what is teamwork that is the difficulty, but
actually doing it every day is the main challenge:

The Saints did not
pray to the Good Lord for instructions on what to do.
The Bible was already clear on what was expected of
them. Nevertheless, the Saints got down on their knees
every day of the their lives - to pray that, in spite of
daily temptations, they could find the courage and
strength to do the right thing. - Old Mexican
Proverb.

We see the following three points as crucial to true
teamwork:

TrustTeamwork requires first and foremost trust, instead of
suspicion towards others. We rather have trust than
showing in-vulnerability. We are required to think of
"win-win" (Steven Covey's 4th habit) instead of "us-vs-them"
view of the world.

Feedback (encouraging and
correcting)For a person and a team to be continually learning, one
has to be open to receiving feedback, both in the form
of encouragement and in the form of correction. Rarely there
is difficulty in giving or receiving encouraging or
praising feedback. However, correcting feedback, one that
requires that a person sees a mistake that they have
made and then change the work or habits such that they improve, can be much more difficult to give
properly and even more so to receive well and welcome.